Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-172

Haldeman & Timmons on Howard H. Baker Jr. and White House secrecy

Thursday, February 22, 1973 · 2:47 PM–3:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 29 sec

ParticipantsHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Timmons, William E.Conversation043-172 on Tape 43StartThursday, February 22, 1973 at 2:47 PMEndThursday, February 22, 1973 at 3:16 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-172 ↗

AI Summary

H. R. Haldeman coordinates with William E. Timmons to arrange an unannounced, private meeting between President Nixon and Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. The participants finalize plans for the Senator to meet the President at the Executive Office Building that afternoon. This off-the-record encounter was strictly confidential, requiring the Senator to be escorted directly to the President.

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President will see Howard at 4 o'clock if he could work that at the EOB office.
Okay.
I'll have him come into here, and I'll take him over there.
And you'll see him alone?
Alone.
Right.
Okay.
And obviously on a totally unannounced basis.
Right.
Okay.
Good-o.
Very good.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On February 22, 1973, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 3:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-172 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 43-172

Date: February 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:47 pm and 3:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with an unknown person [William E. Timmons ?].

       The President's schedule
            -Meeting
                  -Howard H. Baker, Jr.

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  • 411-018 2:35 PM · 1 hr 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, William E. Timmons, Carl B. Albert, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, and John W. Dean, III met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:35 pm to 4:04 pm.
  • 043-219 2:45 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Carl B. Albert talked on the telephone from 2:45 pm to 2:47 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 043-172, February 22, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-172 (accessed October 1, 2026).